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|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Bahadur_Khan_Rohilla Khan Bahadur Khan] | |commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Bahadur_Khan_Rohilla Khan Bahadur Khan] | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:41, 2 May 2011
| Battle of Bareilly | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Indian Mutiny | ||
| Date: | 5-6 May 1858 | |
| Location: | Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 28.353230°N 79.409370°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Rebel Sepoys | |
| Commanders | ||
| Sir Colin Campbell | Khan Bahadur Khan | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Field Force
Cavalry
1st Brigade under Brigadier H Richmond Jones, 6th Dragoon Guards
- HQ and 2 Squadrons 6th Dragoon Guards - Capt Bickerstaff
- Mooltan Horse - Capt Lind
2nd Brigade under Brigadier Hagart, 7th Hussars
- HM 9th Lancers - Major Coles
- 2nd Punjaub Cavalry - Major S Browne
- Detachment Lahore Light Horse
- Detachment 1st Punjaub Cavalry
- Detachment 17th Irregular Cavalry
Artillery under Lt-Col Brind CB BA
- Troop Bengal Horse Artillery - Lt-Col Tomb
- Troop Bengal Horse Artillery - Lt-Col Remmington
- 2 Heavy Field Battery Bengal Artillery (4 guns) - Capt Francis
- Light Field Battery Bengal Artillery (4 guns) - Maj Hammond
- Siege Train Company Royal Artillery - Maj Le Mesurier
Infantry
Highland Brigade under Lt-Col Leith Hay CB, 93rd Highlanders
- HM 42nd Highlanders - Lt-Col Cameron
- HM 79th Highlanders - Lt-Col Taylor CB
- HM 93rd Highlanders - Lt-Col Ross
- 4th Punjaub Rifles - Lt McQueen
- Belooch Battalion - Capt Beville
- HM 78th Foot - Brig Stisted
- 7 Coys HM 64th Foot - Lt-Col Brigham CB
- HM 78th Highlanders - Col Hamilton
- 4 Coys HM 82nd Foot - Col The Hon P Herbert CB
- 2nd Punjaub Infantry - Lt-Col Greene
- 22nd Punjaub Infantry - Capt Stafford
- Detachment Bengal Sappers and Miners - Lt-Col Harness RE
External Links
The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58
Google Books - Capture of Bareilly
Bareilly - Gazetteer 1858
Recommended Reading
"Indian Mutiny" by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548